Reliability of mid-size diesel 4X4s

Probably against your general advice, I am looking to buy a (new) mid size manual diesel 4X4. Could you comment on expected reliability of Honda CR-V 2.2D, Kuga 2.0 TDCi and Hyundai ix35 2.0 CRD? The items...

New car to carry twins and twins adults

My wife and I have just had twins and our 2003 Honda Civic is now not big enough for us. We'd like to be able to carry 3 adults and the twins but there is not room for an adult in the back of our car with...

New car needed to accommodate wheelchair

I am 78. use a stick and wish to change my automatic diesel Ford Mondeo Ghia (04) for something with good access, a boot big enough and accessible enough to take a folded wheelchair (which I shall require...

Second hand 4x4 vehicle

Firstly thanks for your Saturday column in the Telegraph. Saturday not the same without it! After a hard Winter and being a senior senior citizen, I am fed up of the doubts about getting about. So I am...

Will my Honda Jazz have the recent suspension modifications?

I am going to test drive a 2011 Honda Jazz ( 1.4 manual ) next week. How can I be sure that it is the very latest model with the suspension mods introduced for the Hybrid ?

Did you know that foxes can damage the ABS cables of cars and cause faults?

I'm a former police officer from Glasgow. One posting involved taking/screening vandalism reports from a large area of Glasgow. One year a small area had numerous reports of ABS cables being cut. This...

What could be causing repeated engine wear and piston slap on our 2008 Honda Jazz?

We have a Honda Jazz 1.4 SE CVT purchased from a Honda main dealer in June 2008 with 1,300 on the clock used as a demonstrator car. At 18,000 miles we noticed a knocking sound. The first two visits to...

My test indicates that using cruise control can reduce fuel economy by approximately 10 per cent.

Your correspondents ask about the relative fuel consumption of cruise control versus manual driving. I have recently driven three return journeys from Cambridgeshire to South Devon, in my Honda Accord...

Could you recommend an economical company lease car capable of towing a caravan?

It's time to replace my company lease car again. My choice of car has to meet a tight window of requirements, balancing weight (for pulling a large caravan), economy for the 90 per cent of time I am not...

Snow chains

Which axle should chains be fitted to on a Honda CR-V given that it has a unusual inter-diff?